Jacek Bławut

Jacek Bławut

Cameraman and film director. Lecturer in film schools in Berlin, Hannover, Toruń, Łódź and Warsaw. Between 1992-1994 – co-publisher of the “Film in the World” magazine. Since 2003 – member of the European Film Academy. Between 2008-2011 – member of the Polish Film Institute Council. Since 2011 – deputy member of the General Board of the Polish Filmmakers Association.

Direction

· 2012 – WIRTUALNA WOJNA / MAN AT WAR Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, editing, producer Film

· 2010 – OSTATNI RAZ KAWALER Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 2008 – JESZCZE NIE WIECZÓR / BEFORE TWILIGHT Feature film, direction, screenplay, editing, casting

· 2007 – NIEZWYKŁY LOT BOENINGA 737 / EXTRAORDINARY FLIGHT OF BOENING 737 Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, editing

· 2007 – WOJOWNIK / WARRIOR Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, editing, executive producer

· 2005 – ERES Z AŁTAJU / ERES FROM ALTAI Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, editing cooperation, producer

· 2004 – BORN DEAD Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, producer

· 2002 – ACH, JAK PRZYJEMNIE! / OH! HOW WONDERFUL! Documentary soap opera, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 2002 – DZIEŃ WESELNY. KASIA I WOJTEK / WEDDING DAY. KASIA AND WOJTEK Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 2002 – KRAJ URODZENIA….. w NASZ SPIS POWSZECHNY / THE COUNTRY OF BIRTH. (a part of cycle „Our general census”) Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 2001 – DZIEŃ WESELNY. SYLWIA I GRZEGORZ / WEDDING DAY. SYLWIA AND GRZEGORZ Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 2000 – KAWALERIA POWIETRZNA / THE AIR CALVARY Documentary series, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 1998 – PAWEŁ Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 1997 – EIN ANDERES HAUS / ANOTHER HOME Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 1996 – MIAŁEM PRZYJACIELA / I HAD A FRIEND Documentary film, direction

· 1996 – OLIMPIADA SPECJALNA / SPECIAL OLYMPICS Documentary film, direction, director of photography

· 1995 – ROGATE DUSZE Documentary film, direction, director of photography

· 1993 – DIE REISE NACH TUNESIEN Documentary film, direction, director of photography

· 1991 -…UND DANN MUSSTEN WIR NOCH WATSCHWIREN Documentary film, direction, director of photography

· 1990 – NIENORMALNI / THE ABNORMAL Documentary film, direction, screenplay, producer

· 1989 – AN AUSCHWITZ LOVE STORY Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, producer

· 1988 – BYŁEM GENERAŁEM WEHRMACHTU / I WAS A GENERAL IN THE WEHRMACHT Documentary film, direction, screenplay

· 1986 – MONASTYR / A MONASTERY Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 1985 – ŚLIZGIEM DO NIEBA / SLIDING TO HEAVEN Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 1984 – SUPERCIĘŻKI / SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography

Screenplay

· 2012 – WIRTUALNA WOJNA / MAN AT WAR Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, editing, producer

· 2010 – OSTATNI RAZ KAWALER Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 2008 – JESZCZE NIE WIECZÓR / BEFORE TWILIGHT Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, editing, casting

· 2007 – NIEZWYKŁY LOT BOENINGA 737 / EXTRAORDINARY FLIGHT OF BOENING 737 Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, editing

· 2007 – WOJOWNIK / WARRIOR Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, editing, executive producer

· 2005 – ERES Z AŁTAJU / ERES FROM ALTAI Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, editing cooperation, producer

· 2004 – BORN DEAD Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, producer

· 2002 – ACH, JAK PRZYJEMNIE! / OH! HOW WONDERFUL! Documentary soap opera, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 2002 – DZIEŃ WESELNY. KASIA I WOJTEK / WEDDING DAY. KASIA AND WOJTEK Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 2002 – KRAJ URODZENIA….. w NASZ SPIS POWSZECHNY / THE COUNTRY OF BIRTH. (a part of cycle „Our general census”) Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 2001 – DZIEŃ WESELNY. SYLWIA I GRZEGORZ / WEDDING DAY. SYLWIA AND GRZEGORZ Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 2000 – KAWALERIA POWIETRZNA / AIR CALVARY Documentary series, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 1998 – PAWEŁ Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 1990 – NIENORMALNI / THE ABNORMAL Documentary film, direction, screenplay, producer

· 1989 – AN AUSCHWITZ LOVE STORY Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, producer

· 1988 – BYŁEM GENERAŁEM WEHRMACHTU / I WAS A GENERAL IN THE WEHRMACHT Documentary film, direction, screenplay

· 1986 – CYRK SKALSKIEGO / SKALSKI’S CIRCUS Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 1986 – KOSTKA CUKRU / LUMP OF SUGAR Documentary film, direction, screenplay, camera cooperation

· 1986 – MONASTYR / THE MONASTERY Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 1985 – ŚLIZGIEM DO NIEBA / SLIDING TO HEAVEN Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography

· 1984 – SUPERCIĘŻKI / SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography

Producer

· 2006 – AHOJ Documentary film, producer

· 2005 – ERES Z AŁTAJU / ERES FROM ALTAI Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, editing cooperation, producer

· 2005 – KAMIENIE / STONES Documentary film, direction, director of photography, producer

· 2005 – SZCZUR W KORONIE / A RAT IN A CROWN Documentary film, direction, editing, producer

· 2004 – BORN DEAD Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, producer

· 1998 – PAPIEŻ JAN PAWEŁ II NA KUBIE / JOHN PAUL II IN CUBA Documentary film, director of photography, producer

· 1990 – NIENORMALNI / THE ABNORMAL Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, producer

· 1989 – AN AUSCHWITZ LOVE STORY Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, editing, producer

· 2012 – WIRTUALNA WOJNA / MAN AT WAR Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, editing, producer

· 2008 – JESZCZE NIE WIECZÓR / BEFORE TWILIGHT Feature film, direction, screenplay, editing, casting

· 2007 – NIEZWYKŁY LOT BOENINGA 737 / EXTRAORDINARY FLIGHT OF BOENING 737 Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, editing

· 2007 – WOJOWNIK / WARRIOR Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, editing, executive producer

· 2005 – SZCZUR W KORONIE / A RAT IN A CROWN Documentary film, direction, editing, producer

· 2002 – KRAJ URODZENIA….. w NASZ SPIS POWSZECHNY / COUNTRY OF BIRTH Documentary film, direction, screenplay, director of photography, editing

Individual awards

· 2013 – WIRTUALNA WOJNA / MAN AT WAR Eagle (Polish Film Award) for the best documentary film

· 2013 – WIRTUALNA WOJNA / MAN AT WAR Gdańsk (Gdańsk DocFilm Festival “Dignity and work”) Golden Gate Award

· 2012 – WIRTUALNA WOJNA / MAN AT WAR Chicago (Polish Film Festival) Jury Special Award for extraordinary artistic value

· 2012 – SAMOTNOŚĆ DŹWIĘKU Bydgoszcz (since 2010; between 1993-99 Toruń; between 2000-09 Łódź) (Plus Camerimage Festival) Honorary Mention in the Documentary Shorts Competition

· 2010 – JESZCZE NIE WIECZÓR / BEFORE TWILIGHT Eagle (Polish Film Award) Nomination for the best editing

· 2009 – JESZCZE NIE WIECZÓR / BEFORE TWILIGHT Września (“Prowincjonalia” Film Festival) “Jańcio Wodnik” Award

· 2009 – JESZCZE NIE WIECZÓR / BEFORE TWILIGHT Trzyniec (Trzynieckie Lato Filmowe) First Award

· 2009 – JESZCZE NIE WIECZÓR / BEFORE TWILIGHT Trzyniec (Trzynieckie Lato Filmowe) Audience Award

· 2009 – JESZCZE NIE WIECZÓR / BEFORE TWILIGHT Trzyniec (Trzynieckie Lato Filmowe) Student Award

· 2009 – JESZCZE NIE WIECZÓR / BEFORE TWILIGHT Nowogard (MF Filmu-Muzyki-Malarstwa “Lato z Muzami”) First Award “Laur Cisowy”

· 2009 – JESZCZE NIE WIECZÓR / BEFORE TWILIGHT Łagów (Lubuskie Lato Filmowe) the award for the Polish-German Foundation for the best feature film

· 2009 – JESZCZE NIE WIECZÓR / BEFORE TWILIGHT Hannover (New Polish Film Festival “Filmland Polen”) Audience Award “Hannoveraner”

· 2009 – JESZCZE NIE WIECZÓR / BEFORE TWILIGHT Chicago (Polish Film Festival) “Golden Teeth” for the best feature film

· 2008 – WOJOWNIK / WARRIOR Września („Prowincjonalia” Film Festival) “Jańcio Wodnik” Award for the best documentary film

· 2008 – JESZCZE NIE WIECZÓR / BEFORE TWILIGHT Gdynia (until 1986 Gdańsk) (Gdynia Film Festival) “Golden Kangaroo” Award from Australian distributors

· 2008 – JESZCZE NIE WIECZÓR / BEFORE TWILIGHT Gdynia (until 1986 Gdańsk) (Gdynia Film Festival) Silver Lions Award

· 2007 – WOJOWNIK / WARRIOR Łódź (“Man in Danger” Media Festival) Grand Prix “White Cobra”

· 2007 – WOJOWNIK / WARRIOR Kraków (Krakow Film Festival – International Documentary Competition) Honorary Diploma

· 2007 – WOJOWNIK / WARRIOR Kanton (MFFD) Grand Prix

· 2006 – SZCZUR W KORONIE / A RAT IN A CROWN Września (“Prowincjonalia” Film Festival) “Jańcio Wodnik” Award for the best documentary

· 2006 – BORN DEAD Kolding (Handicap Film Festival) Award in the International Competition

· 2006 – BORN DEAD Kijów (Ukrainian Context – Human Rights Documentary Film Days) Award for broadening social awareness in the field of human rights

· 2006 – SZCZUR W KORONIE / A RAT IN A CROWN Cadca (International Film Festival “EtnoFilm”) “Brązowy Turoń” Award for the best documentary film

· 2005 – NIENORMALNI / THE ABNORMAL Tarnów (“Vitae Valor” Film Festival) Artistic Award

· 2005 – SZCZUR W KORONIE / A RAT IN A CROWN Łódź („Man in Danger” Media Festival) Grand Prix “White Cobra” Award for the “sincerity of the documentary form”

· 2005 – SZCZUR W KORONIE / A RAT IN A CROWN Łagów (Lubuskie Lato Filmowe) Polish-German Cooperation Foundation Award

· 2005 – SZCZUR W KORONIE / A RAT IN A CROWN Kraków (Krakow Film Festival – Polish Competition) The Chairman of the Polish Filmmakers Association Award

· 2005 – BORN DEAD Budapeszt (International Documentary Film Festival about Human Rights) 2nd Award

· 2004 – BORN DEAD Nowogard (“Lato z Muzami” International Festival) Honorary Mention

· 2004 – BORN DEAD Łódź („Man in Danger” Media Festival) Award from the Voivodship Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Łódź

· 2004 – BORN DEAD Kraków (Krakow Film Festival – Polish Competition) Special Award “Brązowy Lajkonik”

· 2004 – BORN DEAD Kraków (Krakow Film Festival) Special FICC Award

· 2004 – BORN DEAD Koszalin (European Integration Film Festival „You and me”) Grand Prix in the documentary category

· 2004 – BORN DEAD Kanton (MFFD) Special Award

· 2003 – KRAJ URODZENIA….. w NASZ SPIS POWSZECHNY / COUNTRY OF BIRTH Kraków (Krakow Film Festival – Polish Competition) Grand Prix “Złoty Lajkonik”

  • “The Mandala” and “Mom Is Coming Back” at the Washington Polish Film Festival

  • Mikołaj Janik’s “The Mandala” and “Mom Is Coming Back” will be presented in the short films competition of the Washington Polish Film Festival. Organized by the Kosciuszko Foundation festival will be held between May 10th – 12th and will screen the selection of the brand new Polish films, including seven features and eight shorts.

  • Special Mention for ”Transgression” at the Porto Femme FF

  • Presented in the Student Films Competition, Diana Szczotka ‘s ”Transgression” got Special Mention at the Porto Femme Film Festival that took place between April 16th-21st. The festival featured numerous films directed by women from around the world in nine thematic sections.

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